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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In the Project </span><span class="f_UIControl">Discussion Forum</span><span class="f_BodyText"> you can create hyperlinks to elements and diagrams that are associated with the messages (Posts and replies). This enables rapid navigation to the objects in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">, access to the element properties and, with diagrams, the ability to open the diagram directly from the forum. To associate an element or diagram with the forum message, drag the object from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Element List</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Model Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window or </span><span class="f_UIControl">Model Search</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog into the linked elements panel underneath the message text panel.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To access the navigation options of each element in the linked elements section, right-click on the object to display the navigation context menu. The options are outlined in the table below.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="369" style="width:369px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the element properties for the selected element.</span></p>
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